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EU gives Google 'weeks' to ease antitrust concerns
The European Union said on Monday that Google Inc. must in "a matter of weeks" outline steps it is willing to take to ease concerns about alleged ...
A debate: Should you jump in on Facebook debut?
EDITOR'S NOTE — Facebook began selling stock to the public Friday in the most talked-about market debut in years. The stock closed 23 cents above its ...
Google gets China OK for Motorola deal
Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early ...
Facebook stock finishes flat in debut
In the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company's 3,500 ...
FACEBOOK IPO LIVE: The social network goes public
It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, ...
Facebook set to begin trading after $16B offering
Facebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of "likes" are worth on Wall Street, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg ...
FACEBOOK FACE-OFF: Press the 'like' button, soon
EDITOR'S NOTE — Facebook begins selling stock to the public Friday in the most talked-about market debut in years. Two Associated Press business ...
Facebook's $16 billion IPO one of world's largest
Facebook's initial public offering of stock is shaping up to be one of the largest ever. The world's definitive online social network is raising at ...
Tale of the tape: Google versus Facebook
Facebook is the hottest Internet company to hit the stock market since Google went public in 2004. The Silicon Valley companies, located seven miles ...
Companies ask: Does advertising on Facebook pay?
Responding to extraordinary demand, Facebook said Wednesday that it would sell more stock in the company's initial public offering. But ahead of the ...
Google strives to enlighten with new search tool
Google is introducing a new tool, designed to make its search engine smarter. The new feature debuting Wednesday draws from a Google-built database ...
Lack of trust in Facebook may hold back ad sales
Facebook's reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site's ads or buy the virtual goods ...
Facebook IPO shares tough task for small investors
Hoping to get in on Facebook's hotly anticipated public stock offering? You'll need Facebook friends at very high levels — or a lot of money.
Revolving door: Yahoo ushers out another CEO
Yahoo still has credibility issues, even after casting aside CEO Scott Thompson because his official biography included a college degree that he never ...
Yahoo soap opera features new cast of leaders
Yahoo's dysfunctional turnaround efforts have morphed into a Silicon Valley soap opera, one that has taken another strange twist with the Internet ...
Facebook CEO turns 28, IPO could be $100B gift
He famously wears a hoodie, jeans and sneakers, and he was born the year Apple introduced the Macintosh. But Mark Zuckerberg is no boy-CEO.
Facebook updates data use policy to give more info
Facebook is updating its data use policy in an attempt to give people more clarity on how the company uses information they share. As part of the ...
Bing to duel Google with Facebook-friendly format
Microsoft's Bing search engine is heading in a new direction as it drills deeper into Facebook's social network and Twitter's messaging service to ...
China's Huawei hopes to make a name for itself
Will Americans buy a Chinese smartphone? We're about to find out, as Huawei, one of the world's biggest phone makers, is planning a big push into U.S.
Struggling RIM announces new executive hires
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said Tuesday that it has hired two new senior executives, including a marketing chief, as the company looks ...
Myspace settles privacy probe with FTC
Myspace, the once-mighty social network ultimately toppled by Facebook, settled a privacy investigation by the Federal Trade Commission and agreed to ...